“I’m a Christian!”

By Christina Hoskin

“What is a Christian?” Lisa asked Mom. They were in the car, driving to piano lessons. “What religion is that?”

“A Christian is someone who believes in and follows the teachings of Jesus Christ.” Mom glanced at her. “What’s this about?”

Lisa sighed. “Some kids asked me if I was Christian, and I told them that I was Mormon.”

“Mormon is a name some people call our Church members because we believe in the Book of Mormon as well as in the Bible.” Mom smiled at her. “Do you know the full name of our church?”

“Yes—it’s The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”

“Right! It has Jesus’ name in it because it’s His Church, and we worship Him and obey His commandments. So we are definitely Christians.” Mom patted Lisa’s knee. “But I can think of two quick answers you can use to tell someone about our church.”

“What are they?”

“I know that you’ve already learned most of the Articles of Faith,” Mom said. “Tell me the first one.”

“OK. ‘We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.’” [A of F 1:1]

Mom smiled. “Excellent! Did you listen to what you said? You just told the whole world what Latter-day Saints believe.”